Coin-controlled apparatus.



A. s. GARNELL. lvGOIN GONTROLLED APPARATUS.

APPLIoATIoN FILED 00123, '1900.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.;

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'A. S. CARNELL. GOIN GONTBOLYZBD APPARATUS. Arrmofa'nox FILED 001.23,1909.

967,725. Patented Angl-6, 191.0.`

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L *mui g 23 MBBQEQE CARNELL, @E NEW YORK, 1*?. Y.

, y i oornzconrnniann Meesteres.

animaso To all zi/hora fit amy concern:

Be it; known 'that 1, Aramees S. CARNELL, of New York, in the county ofNew York and in the State of New York, have invented a certain new anduseful `Improvement, in Coin-Controlled Ap aratus, and do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

y invention, relates particularly to a coin-controlled apparatusdesigned to be used in connection with machines for vending largearticles, and especially publications, such as newspapers, periodicals,etc.

apparatus.

I have shown my invention in the aeco1npanying drawings, in Which-Figure l is a vertical crosssection of the coin-controlled apparatus;Fig. 2 is a horizontalcross-seetion of the same; Figs. 3 and 4 arevertical transverse cross-sections of the same taken on lines 3-3 andi-1tot Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal cross-section showingtheparts in the position in rwhich the coins are discharged into thecoin tray; Fig. (l is a transverse vertical 'cross-section of themodification ot a certain portion of the apparatus; and Fig". 7 is adiagrammatic detail of a portion of the zip-- paratus showing,T thelocation of the coins therein.

In the drawings, l is a casing containing a shaft 2 adapted te beoperated by means of a crank 3 haviiml a handle i. The shaft 2 has keyedthereto a slotted cylinder 5 by means of a key t3, the cylinder bcingrrprovided with a coin-receiringq slot 7. Upon the exterior of thecylinder there is loosely supported an outer cylinder 8metrically-opposed slots 9 therein and carrying upon its periphery agear-wheel 10. The gear-wheel 10 meshes with one of the gears of anydesired type of vendingr inachiue. An inclined chute 1'! one face ot'the cylinder 5 by means ot.' screws 1Q. The inclined. chute 11 isdesigned to receive the coins inserted into the machine through acoin-guide or slot 13 is attached to Speditionen of Letters intent.Application lo @otenet e@ havin;` diai a bracket .Patented Auna liti,Elwin.

projecting through thetop ole the casingq L lil/Then the parts are inthe position in which they are adapted to receive coins through theguide 13, as shown in Fig. l, the top ot the inclined chute l1 isdesigned to contact with a projection 14 carried upon the undersurfaceof a slide 15 carrying a. slot- 16 adapted to register guide 13. Theslidel 1s secured to the underside of the top of the casing l by meansof slide brackets I1 7. lllhcn the top `of the inclined chute 11, ispressed against the 'projection 14, the slot 16 is maintained inaIinementWt-h the opening in the guide 13, but at other times the slot16 is nier-fed out ot' alineinent witlrthe opening in the coin-guide 13through the agency oit a springl 1S attached at one end to the slide'15, and at the other end to an cyelet 19 attached to the inside ot thecasing' 1. When a coin is fed into the guide 16 `While theparts are out.ot position, as shown vin Fig. 1, the coin Vwill pass through the inclined 'chute 11, through the cylinder 5 and into at least a poi-.ionor" a coin chamber 20, which is attached to the shaft 2 by means otyokcs 2l carrying pins 22 passing through ,said shaft. A plurality ottransverse pins Q13 are provided passinglr through the walls ot the coinchamber Q0. movable ,so as to permit the machine to be operated by" avarying number oic coins,

The shaft. 2 is supported at one end by a hearing brat-imi 24- supportedfrom the lside tot the casing 1, which bracket carries upon its exteriora cani surface 25. A; rod 26 having; a notch 27 is designed to run overthe cam surface ported in slide brackets .27 carried by one side oitthceoiu chamber Q0. 'The other end of the rod 26 is designed to engagewith one of a pair of diainctrically-opposed projections 98 carried byone face of the outer cylinder 8. The outer cylinder 8 is pro- The pins23 are rcrided upon its exterior with a pair vof da! pinsn 29, whichcopermetrica]ly-opposcd atc with a pawl 30 pivotally supported upon 31secured in the side of the casing 1.

A shield 32 is provided at one side of the rotating` parts attached tothe shaft 2, in order to guide they coins into a receiving tray locatedbeneath the shaft 2.

' ln the modification shown inr Fig. t3, the parts are constructedexactly like the parte shown in the preceding figures, except that withthe opening in the i lpgrovision is made to provient the apparatus -sideof the slide and a hinged gate 36 at the other side thereof.

`In the operation of the apparatus,assum ing that ther 'parts are in theposition as shown in Fig. 1, and that all of the pins 23 are present inthe coin-receiving chamber 20, a coin upon being inserted inthe coinuide13 passes downwardly through the s ot 16 in the slide-15 into theinclined chute 11, and nally into the slot 7 in the cylinder 5, wherethe coin extends slightly beyond the slot` 7 into one of the slots 9 inthe outer cylinder 8. In case one or more of the pins 23 have beenremoved, then the rst coin will pass beyond the pbsition indicated aboveuntil it contacts with the nearest remaining pin. A suiicient number ofadditional coins is then inserted to cause |the last coin to occupy aposition in the slot 7 and vover-lapping the same into the slot 9carried by the outer cylinder 8. In case all of the pins 23 have beenremoved, the machine will operate as a five coin machine. A right otFig. 1, is the only one left in the machine, the machine will be avthree coin device. If the middle pin is left in, the machine will be setfor operation by two coins, and if all of thel pins are left in, asingle coin will cause the machine to operate. now the shaft 2 isoperated by means of the crank 3 in the direction shown by the arrow-Ain Figs. 3 and 4, the outer cylinder 8 will be caused to rotate inunison with the cylinder 5. rIhe first effect of this rotation will' beto cause theinclined chute 11 to release the spring-operated slide 15,

\ so as to throw the slot 16 out of alinement with the slot in thecoin-guide 13. A further rotation of they shaft 2 will bring the coinsopposite the gna-rd 32, which will prevent the coins from beingdischarged until the shaft has been rotated 180 degreesfso as to bringthe coin chamber 2O immediately above the coin tray 33. When thisposition is reached, the coins will he discharged into the tray. In thisposition of the parte the rod 26 will have been withdrawn through theagency of the cam surface'25 from engagement with the projection 28.Further rotation in the same directionnis prevented by the contact ofthe end of the rod 26 with the stationary bearing 211. It is, therefore,only possible to rotate the shaft 2 in the reverse direction. The partsaremoved in this direction in order to re-set them for receivingadditional In case the pin 23, shown at the.

esmas coins. As the shaft is'rotated inithe reverse direction, the endof the rod 26 passes completely over the end of the rejection 28, and asthis movement is contlnued and the coin chamber 20 approaches itsvertical position, the rod 26 1s again moved inwardly until it contactswith the other projection 28 and causes the other slot 9 of the outercylinder/8 to come 1n perfect alinement with the slot 7 of the-cylinder.Si' multaneonsly the top of the' inclined'chute 11 contacts with theprojection 14, so as to bring the slot 16 into alinement with the slotin the .coin-guide 13. The parts are prevented from moving farther thanthe position indicated in Fig. 1 by the presence of the pawl 30, whichcooperates with the stops 29 carried by the periphery of the outercylinder 8. When the shaft has thus been rotated in a reverse, directionfor 180 degrees, the parts 'are again in position to receive coins.

The modification shown in Fig. 6 operg ates in a similar manner, exceptthat should one more coin be inserted than necessary, the insertion ofmore than one coin in excess being impossible, the rotation of the partswould cause the one additional coin first to be released from the slide15 by automatically raising thegat/e 36 into a horizonvtal position, andthen by discharging the additional coin from the inclined chute 11, whencontact is made with the edge of lthe coin guard 32. When this coinhastluis been discharged from the coin-guide 11, it

slides downwardly edgewise between the ro` tating parts and thecoin-guard 32 into the coin tray 33.

IVhile I have described 'my invention above in detail, I wish it to beunderstood that my invention is a broad one and capable ot' many changeswithout departing from the spirit thereof.

1. In a device of the character described,4

the combination of a slotted member, a

wheel carried upon the outside of said firstmentioned wheel and providedwith onev or more slots registering with the slot in saidfirst-mentioned wheel, a plurality of movable pins in said slottedmember adapted to require the insertion of one or a plurality of coinsto operate the device.A

2. In a device of the character described,

a rotary shaft, a slotted Wheel thereon, a

second slotted wheel adjacent thereto and movable relative thereto, andmeans for causing the slots to be brought into registry upon therotation of the shaft, comprisin a pin projecting from, the secondslotte wheeh and a slide-bar attached to `the firstmentioned slottedwheel. i 3, In a device of the character described;

-a rotary shaft, a slotted wheel thereon, a

second slotted wheel adjacent thereto and moveable relative `thereto,and means for Causing the slots rohe brought into registry upon therotationI of.' the shaft, comprisinga pin projectinr from the secondslotted Wheel and a Sli e-bar attached to the firstmentioned slottedWheel'adapted in one position thereof to be moved out ot' the path ofthe pin. l

4f. In a device of the character described, a rotary shaft, a slottedwheel thereon, a second slotted Wheel adjacent thereto and movablerelative thereto, and means for causing the slot-s to be brought intoregistry upon the rotation of the shaft, comprising a pinrprojectin fromthe second slotted wheel and e :slit` e-bar attached to thefirstmentioned slotted Wheel adapted in one position of the rotary shaftto be moved out of the path of the pin. y

5. In a device of the character described, a rotary shaft, a SlottedWheel thereom'a second'slotte'd Wheel adjacent thereto and movablerelative thereto, .and means for causing the slots to he brought intoregistry upon lthe rotation o'l'- the shaft, comprisin a pin projectingfrom the second slotted wheel und a cammctuaed slide-bar attached to thetiret-mentioned `slotted wheel adapted v in one position of the rotaryhshaft to'be moved out of the path of the pln. (i. In a device of thecharacter described7 the combination of a coin guide, a movable yslotted member for receiving the coins from saidigulde, and a `guardattached to the underside of the guado to, prevent the insertion of comewhen the guide and slotted

